comedy
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film
The Bargee | 1964 | Harry H. Corbett, Hugh Griffith
British comedy, courtesy of Steptoe and Son screenwriters Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. Seriously miscast as a barge-dwelling Lothario, Harry…
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film
Gumshoe | 1971 | Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw
Stephen Frear’s first feature casts Albert Finney as a Liverpool bingo-caller who is happiest in a dream world scripted by…
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film
Vessel of Wrath | 1938 | Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester,
Charles Laughton excels himself as the drunken beachcomber seducing a spinster in the Dutch East Indies. A long way from…
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thrillers
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Gumshoe | 1971 | Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw
Stephen Frear’s first feature casts Albert Finney as a Liverpool bingo-caller who…
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Bunny Lake Is Missing | 1965 | Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley
Carol Lynley is the mother reporting her four-year-old missing to an increasingly…
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Blind Date | 1959 | Hardy Krüger, Stanley Baker,
A strangely unfulfilling mystery yarn from Losey, with Krueger as the painter…
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Blow-Up | 1966 | David Hemmings, Vanessa Redgrave
In this suspenseful drama, Oscar nominated for best director and best picture,…
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The Valley of Gwangi | 1969 | James Franciscus, Gila Golan,
Working from an unfilmed treatment by the veteran special-effects master O’Brien, stop-motion…
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Snowbound | 1948 | Dennis Price, Stanley Holloway
Claustrophobic thriller, based on a novel by Hammond Innes, set in a…
mystery
people
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people
Jack Hawkins | Actor | 1910-1973
Jack Hawkins was a popular actor of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Often played policemen or military (such as Gideon’s Day…
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Wartime
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film
Thunder Rock | 1942 | Michael Redgrave, Barbara Mullen
The Boultings, who were taken out of army service by the MOI to film this propagandist play, give credit to…
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